THIS IS FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO WANT A ERNIE BALL BUT CANT AFFORD IT...

ok.theres a company called O.L.P,originally licensed products.they paid ernie ball to use their designs,the only differences between the ernie ball stingray and the o.l.p stringray is that the o.l.p is made in mexico,the o.l.p says o.l.p on the neck,and the o.l.p is $249 at guitar center,the ernie ball is $1,200.I went to guitar center today and i was suprised at the fact that the olp was acutally a little better.the bridge is lowered on the o.l.p so its easier to press down on frets and stuff.so go get the ernie ball impressonator!

by the way, OLP stands for Officially Licensed Product. I think the Stingray you were playing was just improperly setup. All the OLPs I have played were noticeably lower quality than their MM counterparts. But if you cant tell the difference, more power to ya...

If anyone would notice that there are many many threads on the OLPs. If you will notice, the OLP's are nowhere near the quality, or sound of the real thing. They might be similar, but not really comparable.

frankencow, the OLP Stingrays are made in China, not Mexico. And there are a lot of differences between the OLP and the Ernie Ball. The Ernie Ball has a preamp, the OLP does not. The Stingray is made out of poplar(solid color) or ash(transparent color), the OLP is made of elm. The Stingray 5 has wide string spacing, the OLP 5 has very narrow string spacing.

But the OLPs are good values for the price, and if you want a bass that looks like a Stingray, they are better than most of the inexpensive Stingray clones on the market. But the looks is what you get. They sound pretty good, but the don't sound like a 'Ray. There's only one place where you can get that sound. Ernie Ball.

Originally posted by Lefty Punk Bass Buying an OLP is like buying a Mitsubishi Eclipse RS, sure it looks the same, but the GSX has 60 more horsepower and AWD.

God I hate the lowest line of a car.

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Actually, Mitsubishi discontinued the Eclipse GSX when they redesigned it. Now you can't get an eclipse with turbo or all-wheel drive, just V-6 and front-wheel drive. It's slower and doesn't handle as well, but somehow it's selling a million times better than the old version.

Well, I'd get an OLP EB anyday of the week over a Squire, or most Fenders, USA or not. And I'm a guy who owns 1, and appreciates lots of high end basses. The OLP is one dang good bass for the money; I've never played a better $300 bass, or one as good for twice the money. So my opinions are below, good prices, good basses...